Word for the day: pine

pine 1 |pʌɪn|                                                                 *pino (en Español) 

DEFINITION

noun1 (also pine tree )an evergreen coniferous tree which has clusters of long needle-shaped leaves. Many kinds are grown for the soft timber, which is widely used for furniture and pulp, or for tar and turpentine.Compare with fir.●Genus Pinus, family Pinaceae: many species, including the Scots pine and stone pine.• used in names of coniferous trees of families other than that of the pine, e.g. Chile pine.• used in names of unrelated plants that resemble the pines in some way, e.g. ground pine, screw pine.• [ as modifier ] having the scent of pine needles: pine potpourri.2 informal, chiefly W. Indiana pineapple.

DERIVATIVES
pinery noun
ORIGIN Old English, from Latin pinus, reinforced in Middle English by Old French pin .

pine 2 |pʌɪn|                                                                          *languidecer (en Español)
DEFINITIONverb [ no obj. ]suffer a mental and physical decline, especially because of a broken heart: she thinks I am pining away from love.• (pine for) miss or long for: she's still pining for him.
ORIGIN Old English pīnian ‘(cause to) suffer’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pijnen,German peinen‘experience pain’, also to obsolete pine ‘punishment’; ultimately based on Latin poena ‘punishment’.

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